Advertising device.



M. H. SINGER.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

APPLIATION -:FILED SEPT. 14, 1908. l93 1,509. Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14, 1906. 98 1,509. Patented Aug. 1'7, 1909.

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'MORTIMER HE'N'RY SIN-GER, OF CHICAGO, ILL'I'NOS.

ADVERTISING BEVICE.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

'Patented Aug. 17. 1909.

Application led September 14, 1908. .Serial N o. 452,873.

To all whom 'it mel/y :concern:

vices; andi do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to vthe accompanying draw-ings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon,l which Vform a part of this specifica-tion.

the sign-board bears the represent-ation of -a part or the whole Aof a human figure, the head ot' which may fhave a movable lip or jaw, and associated with an announcing device, such as a phonograph, which may operate in unison with the movement of the, or jaw, thereby simulating in sound and Q appearance a person i-n the act of speaking. The sign-.board may bear, in addition to the i representation of the figure, any subject matter which it is desired to advertise.

rPhe primary object of the invention is Yto provide a .strikingly novel and effective advertising device used to advertise merchanf dise, amusement places and the =like in which Athe subject matter of the advertisement may be announced both .audibly and visibly and i-n such ina-nner as to greatly increase the efectiveness of the device for advertising pur poses.

A further object :of the invention is to provide a novel,`si1nple and eective mecha'nism for giving effect to the invention.

pointed out nin the appended claims.

controlling devices for controlling an electric motor for driving the mechanism.

'i As shown in the drawings, 10 designates a sign-board which may bear on its outer face, the -usualmannen words and char? actors which goto make up the subject matter of a sign, and which may bear in addition rthereto a partial or entire representation of a huma-n tigure.V As hereln shown,

- the representation of a human head 1l stands Be it known that I,- MORTIMER SIN-GER, a xcitizenof the United States, and a resident of Oh-icago, in the county of LCook .and State of illinois, have invented certain new Aandf .useful improvements in Advertising Denograph .record 17. The :reproducer :19 yoit :the phonograph 'is mounted in the usual g manner" on -a'carrier 20 that is pivoted This invention relates to a novel .adver-- ltising device in the rvnature of an announcing sign-board, the arrangement being such that a'ear of ,the mandrel to a horizontal gui-de shatt :or lbar 2l supported on standards l22. The lcarrier is provided at its rear end with -a screw-threaded block or nut 24 which engages and ltravels along Va serewathneaded feed .shaft 25 that is rotative-ly mounted in standards 26. The forward,- down-'turned .end 27 of :the 'nepnoducer carrier .ca/vries a roller bearing stud '28 that :travels fon a horii- Zontal track 29 formed on a plate 30 located A.in iront of the mandrel. r`These parts of the phonograph may :be of the .usual for any pineferred construction. The 'box le is provided f-w-ith .aai opening, closed by -a .door 3L,

j on the sign-board. Said tube may be supported lin the box 14 in a11y-su-itable-=ma1mien The -part of the sign-board -coniprlsing fthe head 11, vor other suitable part locatedl ad- The invention consists inthe matters hereinafter set forth and more particularly',

jacent thereto, may be .perforated -to permit the sound to issue therefrom. As herein 1 shown, the head of the ligure isshown as In lthe drawings :--F igure l is a verticalil sectional view ot an yadvertising device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section, .taken on line 2-2 of- Fig. l. F ig. 8 is a diagrammatic View illustrating circuit head to simulate ythe speaking movements fof the human 'ioip is made as follows: 37 designates a vertically swinging, "horizontally arranged lever inthe upper part of the box that is attached at its forward end in any suitable manner to the flexible or movable lip or jaw and is pivoted at its rear end on a pin or shaft 38 fixed in any suitable manner to the walls of the box 14.

39 designates a Contact member, herein shown as having the form of a reciprocating plunger, that is loosely pivoted at 40 to said lever 37 and is adapted to engage at its lower end the roughened periphery of a r0- tative actuator cam 41 which is fixed to a shaft 42 mounted to rotate in the box 14. The said shaft 42 carries a gear-wheel 43 that is operatively connected by a train of Gears 44, 45, and 46 with a pinion 47 that is xed to one end of the feed shaft 25, as herein shown, whereby rotation of said feed shaft is communicated to the actuator cam 41. The shafts carrying the several gears are mounted in a bracket 48 that is supported on the frame of t-he machine in any suitable manner. The said actuator cam is provided on its periphery with a circular series of spaced teeth l.or projections 50 which engage the lower end of the contact member 39 to actuate the jaw or lip operating lever 37. The said projections or teeth 50 are irregularlyformed and of unequal depth to impart to the lip or jaw an irregular movement, as distinguished from a regular opening and closing movement. the contact member 39 is engaged with the higher parts or ends of the teeth 50, it acts through the lever 37 to close, or partially close, the lip, and when it drops into the'space's between the teeth it permits the lip to open by gravity. The actuator cam may be made of such diameter and may be drivenat such speed, and the cam teeth or projections may be so formed in practice that the movements of the lip or jaw will correspond to the movement of the human lip in prono'uncing the words which are uttered in synchronism with the movements of the lip, thus closely or exactly simulating the movements of the human lip.

Moreover, the actuator cam is so arranged that its periods of rotation are timed with respect to the travel and return of the reproducer, so as toinsnre that t-he movements of the lips will accord with the annunciation of the spoken words.

of the lip with the annunciated words, each record cylinder must be accompanied by its own actuator cam. Satisfactory results may, however, be secured by using the same actuator cam interchangeably with different records or cylinders. Said contact member 39 is preferably formed of two parts joined by acompression spring 52 which affords a ylelding connection between the actuator cam and the lip or jaw so as to hold the latter closed when the lower end of the contact member is riding over the higher parts `of. the teeth without imposing undue strain or stress on the motion communicating parts.

When the end of y In order to effect this .complete correspondence of the movements The said contact member 39 reciprocates vertically in a guide sleeve 54 that is carried by the rear end of a bracket 55 which is attached to and extends rearwardly from the rear side of the sign board 10.

Means are provided for lifting the reproducer off the record, which same movementf releases the nut 24 from the feed sha ft owing' to the pivotal movement of the carrier, and returning the reproducer -to its starting point, after it has reached the limit of its travel. During such time the contact member 39 rides on an elevated or plain surface 56 of the actuator cam so as to hold the lip or jaw closed as the reproducer is returning to its starting position and until the mechanism is again started to carry the reproducer through another travel over the record. Any suitable means may be employed for returning the reproducer to its starting position after reaching the limit of its travel. As herein shown, said reproducer is returned through the action of a weight 57 which isl attached to one end of a cable 58, the other end of which cable is attached to the reproducer-carrier. Said cable is trained between the weight and the carrier over a guide pulley 59 supported on the frame of the machine whereby the pull of the cable on the carrier is always in a horizontal direction.

The mechanism for raising the reproducer carrier and freeing it from the feed shaft to permit it to be returned by the weight is made as follows The lower end of the vertical portion of said carrier is provided with a contact device, herein shown as having the form of a screw 62, that engages, when the carrier reaches the limit of its travel, one

4end of a vertically swinging lifting lever 63 upper end the carrier arm and raises said arm to bring the reproducer out of contact with the record cylinder, and to release the traveling nut 24 from the feed shaft. During the return movement of the carrier the guide stud 28 travels backwardly over an upper track 67 located above the track 29, the stud being raised by said lifting lever to the level of the track 67. The outer end of said track 67 is inclined so as to permit the roller bearing stud 28 to ride freely thereon when the carriage is raised through the mechanism described. At the other end of the raised track 67 there is located a spring pressed esmas and which serves :to guide said stand downtrack 29, and toV also cushion the impact or lblow ld-ue to the retuirnof the carriage the weight 57..

e The parts ay be lso arranged that the anotoly' may .operatecontinuously so ythat as i soon as tlie reproduceris returned and is'E lowered .-to itsstartng position on the record i and. ,thetraneling .nut is again brought into L, mesh with the sciew-sliatt-Q-said reproducer willfauonce inovfefouitwardly yover the recond. yAs .al further and separate improveni'enfafzhowever,flinay'pnovide means for:

stoppingthe motorfandgarresting the device for ,a predetermined inter-val after each rei turnof ti'hefnproducer, so arranged to again start lthemciitor .at the end of the` desired interval,...andA thus intermittently operate the device. E This result maylbeeliected by mechanism' leest shown 3 and. made as 4t().d esigruite s .anelect-ric motor which opcrates the phonograph yzrnechanism. Said motor is included., Itogether with a battery orlother source of electrical energy, in a circuit thatis closed by a switch 72, herein shown as -havingtheorm 'of an lordinary z `.two-throw switch. yThis switch is connected i at its pivot toone side ofthe circuit and -is adapted to be moved into and out ofi .contact w-ith a terminal 74 `connected to the Vother side of thecircuit. In this ins-tance the switch 72 is located adjacent to thespring-pressed' bulier 69. Said :butfer carries an arm 75 which is brought into contact with the switch 72 when ythe spring buffer is struck by the roller bearing stud 28 of the reproducer carrier. Thus the circuit is opened and themotor stops. When the carriage is brought to rest the spring of the buffer expands .or moves outwardly and throws the switch actuating arm '75 away from the' switch so that said switch may be subsequentl closed by a suitable time-controlled device. When so closed the motor starts the mechanism in operation. The mechanism herein shown for closing the switch after it has thus been opened consists ot a rotating arm '77 carried by alshaft 78 that is geared to a clock-train, designated as a whole by 79. Said clock-train will be so adjusted, with respect to the movements of the phonograph operating mechanism, that the interval in which the motor is arrested may be of any desired length.

From the foregoing it will be seen that during the operation of the phonogra h, the actuator cam rotates continuously an 'operates, through the contact memb'er 39 and lever 37, to open and close the movable lip or jaw l2 in unison with the emission of articulate speech through the sign-board at or adjacent to the head of the figure, thereby i .announciiigthe subject-matter of :the necord. wrardly from the upper track '61T to the lower 'il As soon Aas the reproducer has reached the limit of its travel the engagement 4ot' the :the weight 57 promptly returns the reproducer `to its star-ting position, with its roller bearing guide stud .enga-ged with the 4lower track 29. When the roller hearing guide' stud strikes :the lbutter i69 the switch actuating arm 75 operates on the switch 7 2 to'open zthe motor circuit, and the circuit remains open until the rotating, time-controlled closing arm 77 strikes the switch and closes the circuit, whereupon the operation of the mechanism is resumed.

It will be understood that the device lembodiment of myinvention which is set forth in' the appended claims, and that the details of the mechanism for carrying the invention into :effect may vbe considerably varied within the spirit yof the invention.

of specific claims. y

I claim as my invention I l. An advertising device comprising a sgneboard having on its' trout side the representation of a human head with a movable lip or jaw, and provided at said head with .an opening, a phonograph provided with means for connecting it with the opening of said board to discharge its sound through said opening, and means operated' by the phonograph mechanism for actuating .the

ments of :the human lip embracing a rota'- .tive .actuator member provided with a series of teeth ot non-.uniform size and formation and .a connection zbetween said 'actuating member and said movable lip or jaw.

2. An advertising device comprising a sign-board having on itsfront side the representation of a human head with a movable lip or jaw, and provided at said head with an opening, a phonograph provided with means for connecting it with the opening ot said board to discharge its sound through said opening, an actuator cam driven by the phonograph mechanism for actuatmg the movable 11p or j aw and a connection between said cam and the movable lip or jaw, said cam being provided with a circular series of teeth and provided at one point between the teeth with a plain raised surface arranged to hold the movable lip or jaw closed.

8. An advertising device comprising a sign-board having at its front side the representation of a human head with a movable lip or jaw, and provided at said head with an opening, a phonograph provided with means for connecting it with the opening of giving au excellent imitation of a speaker Contact piece 62 with the liiting lever l63 acts .to raise 'the stud 28 .of the' reproducer car rier to zthe level `of :the .upper track 6.7, and

herein illustrated constitutes but one form or 4' I v i do not, therefore, limit myself to such details vexcept as hereinafter made the subject movable .lip or jaw to simulate the niovey said board to discharge its sound through said opening, a lip actuating member driven h y the phonograph, and resilient connectlons between the actuating member and said lip arrangedto yieldingly close the lip.

4. An advertising device comprising a sign-board having at its front side the representation of a human head with a movable hp or Jaw, and provided at said head with an opening, a phonograph provided withV means for connecting it with the opening ofsald board to discharge its sound through .said opening, an actuator cam driven by the phonograph mechanism for actuating the movable lip or jaw and provided with a cirmechanism and provided with a circular series ofuteeth, a vibratory lever connected with the movable lip or jaw, and a recipro-A cating contact piece pivoted to said lever and engagmg at its free'end said cam teeth. 6. An advertising device comprising a sign-board having on its front face the representation of a human head with a movable 11p or Jaw, and provided at said head with an openlng, a phonograph provided with means for connecting it with the opening of said board to discharge its sound through sald opening, an actuator cam geared to the phonograph mechanism and provided with a clrcular series of teeth, a vibratory lever connected With the movable lip or jaw, and a contact piece pivoted to said lever and engaging at its free end the cam teeth, said contact member being made of two parts connected by a spring.

7. An advertising device comprising a sign-board having on its front side the representation of a human head having a movable lip or jaw, and provided at said head with an opening, a phonograph provided with means forconnecting it with the opening of said board to discharge its sound through said opening, a rotative actuator cam geared to the phonograph mechanism and provided with a. circular series of teeth, and operative connections between the teeth of said actuator cam and the movable lip or jaw including a spring to yieldingly transmit opera-tive movement tothe lip or jaw, said series of teeth being separated at one point-by a plain raised surface, for the purpose set4 forth.

8. An advertising device comprising a sign-board having on its front side the representation of a human head with a movable lip or jaw, and provided at said head with an opening, a phonograph provided with means for connecting it withthe opening of said board to discharge its sound through -said opening, means operated by the phonograph mechanism for actuating the movable lip or jaw, automatic means for returning the phonograph reproducer to its starting point, and means for holding said movable lip or jaw closed during the return movement of said reproducer.

In testimony that I clailn the foregoing as my invention I aHX my signature in the presence of two witnesses, this 10th day of September, A. D. 1908.

MORTIMER HENRY SINGER. Witnesses:

T. H. ALFREDs, GEORGE R. -WILKINS- 

